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		<title>Binary Operators</title>
		<toc index="2"/>
		<keywords>
			<keyword term="expressions, binary operators"/>
			<keyword term="binary operators"/>
		</keywords>
		<links>
			<link href="Expressions.html">Expression Syntax</link>
		</links>
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	<body>
		<syntax>
			<code xml:space="preserve"><b>&lt;binary_operator&gt; ::= </b>
    { <b>**</b>
    | <b>*</b>
    | <b>/</b>
    | <b>%</b>
    | <b>+</b>
    | <b>-</b>
    | <b>=</b>
    | { <b>&lt;&gt;</b> | <b>!=</b> }
    | <b>&lt;</b>
    | { <b>&lt;=</b> | <b>!&gt;</b> }
    | <b>&gt;</b>
    | { <b>&gt;=</b> | <b>!&lt;</b> }
    | <b>^</b>
    | <b>&amp;</b>
    | <b>|</b>
    | <b>&lt;&lt;</b>
    | <b>&gt;&gt;</b>
    | [ <b>NOT</b> ] <b>LIKE</b>
    | [ <b>NOT</b> ] <b>SIMILAR TO</b>
    | [ <b>NOT</b> ] <b>SOUNDSLIKE</b>
    | <b>AND</b>
    | <b>OR</b>
    }</code>
		</syntax>
	</body>
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